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GSA Claimed Contractor Was Liable for Damage Caused by a Burst Pipe. Contractor Said It Was an Act of God. What Did CBCA Think?

You Can’t Claim Specifications Are Defective If You Don’t Follow Them

You Can Ask the Agency to Clarify a Debriefing, But That Won’t Stop the Clock for an Agency Protest

Time for a Do-Over: GAO Finds Agency Mangled Discussions and Made Award to an Ineligible Offeror

Contractor Said Agency’s Failure to Object to Non-Compliant Drawings Changed the Contract. CBCA Didn’t See It That Way.

Agency Said It Didn’t Need to Strictly Follow Solicitation When Making Award. Why Did GAO Think This Argument Undermined the Entire Bid Protest System?

If the Agency Didn’t Make a Representation About a Site’s Condition, It’s Difficult to Prove a Differing Site Condition

Contractor Asked ASBCA for Declaratory Relief. The Agency Then Terminated for Default. Could ASBCA Still Hear the Declaratory Appeal?

Agency Excluded Protester Due to an OCI. Why Did COFC Think the OCI Was Illusory?

CBCA Finds GSA Is on the Hook for Befouling Contractor’s Property with Lamprey Poison

If You Want the Agency to Consider Key Person’s Experience, Highlight It. Don’t Expect an Agency to Infer Experience from a Resume.

GAO Finds Agency Phoned It in While Evaluating Awardee’s Labor Categories

GSA Sold a Bus with an Execrable Paint Job. Why Didn’t the Purchaser Have Any Recourse?

Contractor Hadn’t Submitted a Claim for Its Affirmative Defense to a Termination. Did that Deprive ASBCA of Jurisdiction Over the Appeal?

Solicitation Said Award Would Go to the Quote that Represented the “Best Value.” Did This Mean the Agency Had to Conduct a Tradeoff?

Contractor Tries, But Fails, to Evade General Release

Claim Asserted a Lump Sum Certain for Costs Under Two Different Contracts. Why Did ASBCA Let It Slide?

Agencies Must Document a Proposal’s Strengths, Weaknesses, and Deficiencies. What’s an Agency Supposed to Do When a Proposal Is Merely Adequate?

February 29, 2024

Federal Circuit Held Schedule Contract Incorporated Contractor’s Terms and Conditions. Now CBCA Has to Apply those Terms and Conditions.

February 29, 2024

Should the Agency Have Watched the Protester’s Instructional Videos?

February 28, 2024